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==Essential improvements==
 
==Essential improvements==
 
===Skip intro videos===
 
===Skip intro videos===
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{{Fixbox|description=Move, delete or rename file|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\base\video\</code>
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===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
 
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# Edit <code>config_fid.xml</code>
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===API===
 
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Latest revision as of 10:53, 12 April 2024

SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny
SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny cover
Developers
Trine Games
Mind Over Matter Studios
Publishers
2012-2016 Nordic Games
2016-present THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows June 19, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 55
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RPG, RTS
Themes Fantasy
Series SpellForce
SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny on HowLongToBeat
SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny on IGDB
SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny on MobyGames
SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny on Wikipedia
SpellForce
SpellForce: The Order of Dawn 2003
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars 2006
SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny 2012
SpellForce 2: Demons of the Past 2014
SpellForce 3 2017
SpellForce 3: Soul Harvest 2019
SpellForce 3: Fallen God 2020
SpellForce 3: Versus Edition 2020
SpellForce: Conquest of Eo 2023

SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RPG and RTS game in the SpellForce series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move, delete or rename file[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\base\video.
  2. Move, delete or rename pub_logo.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SpellForce2\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65530/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SpellForce2\save
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65530/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Windowed

Edit config_fid.xml[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SpellForce2
  2. Edit config_fid.xml
  3. Change fullscreen="1"= to fullscreen="0" and save the changes.
  4. Set config_fid.xml to read-only to prevent the game overwriting the changes.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
No option for turning on or off, ingame cutscenes features subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References